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# officer — English to French

How English *officer* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [officer in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/officer/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: officer (86 851), officers (123 509). By style: everyday 105 · literary 39 · biblical 90 · parliamentary 1 001 · legal and administrative 8 615 · UN documents 200 510.

## officier

Used about 25 328 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · literary ≈ 38 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 292 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 974 · UN documents ≈ 22 975). Forms: officier, officiers.

- Tom is the ranking **officer**.
  Tom est l'**officier** le plus gradé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and jcgillet · checked, community translation · [\#1533903](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1533903) [\#2046155](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2046155))

- The **officer** raised his arm feebly, and detained him.
  L'**officier**, soulevant péniblement le bras, le retint:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7751)

- Then Joshua commanded the **officers** of the people, saying,
  Josué donna cet ordre aux **officiers** du peuple:
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOS 1:10)

- Then a republican **officer** took a stand: General Pinochet.
  Un **officier** républicain se lève alors: le général Pinochet.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1904736)

- MILITARY **OFFICERS** RUNNING PRISONS AND POLICE
  **OFFICIERS** MILITAIRES DIRIGEANT DES PRISONS ET LA POLICE
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2112848)

## police

Used about 23 192 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 34 · parliamentary ≈ 94 · legal and administrative ≈ 90 · UN documents ≈ 22 975). Forms: police, policiers.

- We need a police **officer**.
  Il nous faut un agent de **police**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#12640771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12640771) [\#12643024](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12643024))

- Lawyers are **officers** of the courts, not police **officers**.
  L' avocat est un auxiliaire de justice, non un auxiliaire de **police**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 184217)

- facilitate relevant exchanges and secondments of police **officers** in the context of training;
  faciliter les échanges et les détachements pertinents de **policiers** dans le cadre de la formation;
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 576305)

- Police Programme **Officer** (MINUSCA)
  Spécialiste de la **police** (MINUSCA)
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 29093125)

- These police **officers** are corrupt.
  Ces **policiers** sont corrompus.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2628460](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2628460) [\#11733797](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11733797))

## membres

Used about 14 911 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 21 · legal and administrative ≈ 269 · UN documents ≈ 14 621).

- We had 26 MEPs, 10 support staff and a press **officer**.
  Il y avait 26 **membres** du Parlement européen, 10 membres du personnel auxiliaire et un attaché de presse.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 760022)

- The accounting **officers** may delegate certain tasks to subordinate staff.
  Les comptables peuvent déléguer certaines tâches à des **membres** du personnel placés sous leur responsabilité hiérarchique.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5347954)

- 1. Election of Chairperson and other **officers** of the Committee
  1. Élection du Président et des autres **membres** du Bureau
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 27929553)

- Work continues in the Third Pillar to make corruption by **officers** in the institutions of the EU and its Member State a criminal offence.
  Ce travail passe aussi par le troisième pilier, afin de faire tomber sous le coup de la loi la corruption des fonctionnaires des institutions européennes et des États **membres**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1663210)

- of which the master and **officers** are nationals of a Member State of the Community or of the Faroe Islands;
  dont l'état-major est composé de ressortissants des États **membres** de la Communauté ou des Îles Féroé,
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 31811)

## agents

Used about 9 299 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 136 · legal and administrative ≈ 808 · UN documents ≈ 8 355).

- A kangaroo surprised security **officers** at Melbourne Airport when it was found hopping around one of the car parks!
  Un kangourou a surpris des **agents** de sécurité à l'aéroport de Melbourne, alors qu'il a été découvert en train de bondir autour de l'un des parkings !
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Chrikaru and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2128958](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2128958) [\#2130337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2130337))

- Were they police **officers**?
  Etaient-ce des **agents** de police ou non?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1603227)

- Enforcement **officers** shall be provided with:
  Les **agents** de contrôle reçoivent:
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 885407)

- Numerous DRS agents and police **officers** also kept watch over the funeral proceedings.
  De nombreux policiers et **agents** du DRS ont également surveillé le déroulement des funérailles.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 27593997)

- Police **officers** have a right to demonstrate too!
  Les **agents** de police ont aussi le droit de manifester!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 748535)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- The CRS **officer** is trained to intervene during protests, major disturbances, or natural disasters.
  Le policier des CRS est entraîné pour intervenir lors de manifestations, de troubles majeurs ou de catastrophes naturelles.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13362933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362933) [\#13362932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13362932))

- Her story was vindicated by a reporter, who found that the police **officer** had been lying.
  Son histoire a été confortée par un journaliste, qui découvrit que le policier avait menti.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and thowas · checked, community translation · [\#4670386](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4670386) [\#4670388](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4670388))

- The **officer** conducted a pat down search.
  Le policier a effectué une fouille par palpation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#6457862](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6457862) [\#10127840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10127840))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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